In November, will it be tea parties versus unions? Both were very active in primary elections last week. John Fund notes in the May 21 Wall Street Journal that so far the media has scrutinized the tea party people far more than it has the unions.
For example, have you heard anything in the media about the SEIU (government and healthcare workers) chartering nine busloads of protesters to go to the Washington D.C. house of Greg Baer, a lawyer for Bank of America, to scream and yell and wave their union placards? Only his teenage son was home, locking himself in a bathroom for fear of the union goons. The mob of 500 were protesting Bank of America's role in bank foreclosures. Andy Stern, the recently retired head of SEIU was the most frequent guest at the Obama White House last year.
The media has largely ignored SEIU's close ties to the discredited group ACORN, and also pays little attention to union violence. For example, did you know about union thugs beating up tea party supporter Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis? They were especially angry that Gladney, an African American, would support the tea party movement, and called him the "n" word while beating him.
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No I haven't heard this and never will except for the Internet and your blog. I'm outraged but remain confused as to how to change all that. I remember well an OJ Simpson juror who once famously said with a pale face, we didn't know all that.
I don't think they like the light much, Bob. It seems to really upset them when you ask your garden variety Leftist if they support such action, and if they'll resort to the same when the money runs out.
Shine on.
I am sure the police union had nothing to do with the police escort the union thugs got.
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